Unveiling ancient diversity of long-tailed wasps (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae): new taxa from Cretaceous Kachin and Taimyr ambers and their phylogenetic affinities

• Published in: Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny
• Main Authors: Brazidec,Manuel, Vilhelmsen,Lars, Boudinot,Brendon, Richter,Adrian, Hammel,Jörg U., Perkovsky,Evgeny, Fan,Yong, Wang,Zhen, Wu,Qiong, Wang,Bo, Perrichot,Vincent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 2024
• Subjects: Megalyroidea; Myanmar; Taimyr; Albian-Cenomanian; Santonian; phylogeny; Kheta; Rigel
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.82.e111148; https://arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/article/111148/; https://arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/article/111148/download/pdf/

The Megalyridae are a small family of parasitoid wasps comprising eight extant genera (71 species) and six extinct genera (13 species). Here, we report eight new species from Late Cretaceous Kachin (Myanmar) and Taimyr (Russia) ambers; the family is recorded for the first time from the latter. †Cret...